This is what democracy looks like: Putting politics (back) into community engagement Rick Battistoni, Professor, Director of the Feinstein Institute for Public Service, Providence College [rickbatt@providence.edu]
Corey Dolgon, Professor and Director of Community-Based Learning, Stonehill College [dolgon@stonehill.edu]
Abby Kiesa, Youth Coordinator and Researcher, Tufts University [Abby.Kiesa@tufts.edu]
Judith Torney-Purta, Professor, University of Maryland [jtpurta@umd.edu]
Mark Wilson, Professor & Director of Civic Learning Initiatives, Auburn University [wilson@auburn.edu]
Keywords: Interactive symposium, politics and democracy, political process, education and democratic citizenship, research and practice
Summary
Five years ago, scholars challenged educators to “teach all students in a manner that will lead to their engagement with and commitment to the political process” (Colby, Beaumont, Ehrlich, & Corngold, 2007, p. 4). This panel will address current research and practice, which continues to find service-learning and community engagement wanting in its education for democratic citizenship. Some of the questions addressed in this presentation include:
What does research on political engagement outcomes tell us about what is working or missing in the field of service-learning and community engagement?
Has the research impacted practice? If not, is it an outreach problem, or something more?
Has the research field indirectly deterred measuring political engagement outcomes in any way?
Is there a way for researchers—theory or data-based—to help practitioners make the case for political engagement?
A distinguished panel of scholars and practitioners will briefly present their research and recommendations and engage symposium participants in a dialogue about how we might infuse politics and democracy into our research and practice.
References
Colby, A., Beaumont, E., Ehrlich, T., & Corngold, J. (2007). Educating for democracy: Preparing undergraduates for responsible political engagement. Stanford, CA: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
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This is what democracy looks like: Putting politics (back) into community engagement
Rick Battistoni, Professor, Director of the Feinstein Institute for Public Service, Providence College [rickbatt@providence.edu]
Corey Dolgon, Professor and Director of Community-Based Learning, Stonehill College [dolgon@stonehill.edu]
Abby Kiesa, Youth Coordinator and Researcher, Tufts University [Abby.Kiesa@tufts.edu]
Judith Torney-Purta, Professor, University of Maryland [jtpurta@umd.edu]
Mark Wilson, Professor & Director of Civic Learning Initiatives, Auburn University [wilson@auburn.edu]
Keywords: Interactive symposium, politics and democracy, political process, education and democratic citizenship, research and practice
Conference track: Higher education student outcomes
Format: Symposium
Summary
Five years ago, scholars challenged educators to “teach all students in a manner that will lead to their engagement with and commitment to the political process” (Colby, Beaumont, Ehrlich, & Corngold, 2007, p. 4). This panel will address current research and practice, which continues to find service-learning and community engagement wanting in its education for democratic citizenship. Some of the questions addressed in this presentation include:
A distinguished panel of scholars and practitioners will briefly present their research and recommendations and engage symposium participants in a dialogue about how we might infuse politics and democracy into our research and practice.
References
Colby, A., Beaumont, E., Ehrlich, T., & Corngold, J. (2007). Educating for democracy: Preparing undergraduates for responsible political engagement. Stanford, CA: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
To access materials from this session please click on the file link(s) below: